. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . low, viz. itsswiftness of flight, its nesting in the buildings of theTemple, its mournful, garrulous note, and its regu-lar migration, shared indeed in common with severalothers. Many species of swallow occur in Palestine,including all those familiar in Britain. The swallow,1 1 The common European house-swallow or chimneyswallow (Hirundp rustica) is represented in America bythe barn-swallow (Hlrundo rufa): the common EuropeanswiltCypgelus Apus) is somewhat larger than the Americanswift or chimney-swallow (C/uetura [or Cypselus] Pdas-gia). martin (Chc
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . low, viz. itsswiftness of flight, its nesting in the buildings of theTemple, its mournful, garrulous note, and its regu-lar migration, shared indeed in common with severalothers. Many species of swallow occur in Palestine,including all those familiar in Britain. The swallow,1 1 The common European house-swallow or chimneyswallow (Hirundp rustica) is represented in America bythe barn-swallow (Hlrundo rufa): the common EuropeanswiltCypgelus Apus) is somewhat larger than the Americanswift or chimney-swallow (C/uetura [or Cypselus] Pdas-gia). martin (Chclidon urhica, Linn.), and sand martin(Colg/e rif>aria, Linn.), abound. The Eastern swal-low (flirundo rufula, Temminck), which nestlesgenerally in fissures in rocks, and the crag martin(Cotyle rupeslris), which is confined to mountain-gorges and desert districts, are also common. Thecommon European swift (Ci/pselus Apus, Linn.) iscommon, and the splendid alpine swift (Cypsehtsmelba, Linn.) may be seen in all suitable Common European Swift (Cijpului Aput) — Swallow of Scripture!—(Fnlrbalrn). Swan | swon], the A. V. translation (after the Vul-gate) of Heb. tiushemeth in Lev. xi. 18 and Dcut. , where it occurs in the list of unclean and Fiirst translate owl; Gesenius suggeststhe pelican ; but the owl and pelican are both dis-tinctly expressed elsewhere in the catalogue. and Mr. Gossefm Fairbairn) think that theswan was not known, or at least not familiar, toMoses and the Israelites, and, if known, would ratherhave been classed as clean. Swans are well-knownweb-footed water-fowls of the genus Cyguus, Linn.,allied to the common goose, but usually larger, hand-somer, and more graceful. Mr. Tristram regardswhat he considers to be the renderings of the LXX.,porphyrio and ibis (On l 2), as either of them moreprobably meant by the Hebrew word than the swan of the A. V.; for neither of these birds oc-curs elsewhere in the catalog
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